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An Order-in-Council authorizing a specific RCMP officer to lease a defined parcel of territorial land in Northwest Territories for a trapper's cabin, with mineral rights reserved to the Crown.

This specific land grant to an individual bypasses general leasing rules and violates the rule of law by treating government land allocation as a special privilege rather than through transparent, competitive processes. Keeping it sustains a system where access depends on personal connections, invites cronyism, and wastes administrative resources on ad hoc petitions rather than establishing fair, market-based land disposition mechanisms.

This regulation prohibits construction or natural growth that exceeds defined imaginary surfaces (approach, outer, transitional) within 4km of Fort Resolution Airport's reference point, to ensure aviation safety by preventing obstructions to aircraft takeoff and landing paths.

Aviation safety regulations preventing building obstructions near airports are a legitimate exercise of government's duty to protect life and property from foreseeable harm. The regulation is narrowly tailored, based on objective safety criteria, and prevents a clear externality where private actions could cause catastrophic harm to others. Deleting it would create unacceptable risks and loss of life, making Canadians worse off.

Zoning regulations for Faro Airport that establish height restrictions on buildings and natural growth near the airport to protect flight paths and ensure aviation safety. The regulations define approach surfaces, transitional surfaces, and strips, and prohibit construction that would exceed these surfaces or require removal of excessive natural growth.

Aviation safety requires clear flight paths for aircraft takeoff and landing. Without these height restrictions, buildings or natural growth could interfere with aircraft operations, creating collision risks and potentially catastrophic accidents. The costs of maintaining these safety zones are minimal compared to the risk of air disasters and the economic impact of airport closures.

Establishes height restrictions around Wrigley Airport to ensure aviation safety by controlling building heights near runways. Defines approach, outer, and transitional surfaces that limit construction to prevent aircraft collisions. Applies to all land within 4,000m radius of the airport.

Aviation safety is critical - without these height restrictions, buildings or structures could interfere with aircraft takeoff and landing approaches, creating collision risks. The regulation provides a clear, enforceable framework that protects both airport operations and public safety in a way that would be difficult to replicate through voluntary compliance or ad-hoc local bylaws.

Airport zoning regulations establishing height restrictions around Sachs Harbour Airport to ensure aviation safety by creating protected airspace zones including approach surfaces, outer surface, and transitional surfaces.

Aviation safety requires protected airspace around airports. Without these height restrictions, buildings and structures could interfere with aircraft takeoff, landing, and navigation, potentially causing catastrophic accidents. The regulation provides a clear, standardized framework that property owners and developers can follow while maintaining public safety.

Holman Airport Zoning Regulations restrict construction heights within 4km of Holman Airport (NWT) by establishing imaginary surfaces (approach, outer, transitional) to prevent obstacles that could interfere with aircraft operations. The regulation prohibits erecting buildings/structures that exceed specified elevations relative to these surfaces, referencing detailed technical plan E.3038 (1994).

Aviation safety protects lives and property from catastrophic harm; while it restricts property rights, the regulation is narrowly tailored to prevent clear physical dangers that have severe negative externalities. Market mechanisms and tort liability are inadequate for preventing aircraft crashes, and the regulation serves a legitimate public safety function that would be hard to replicate otherwise.

Airport zoning regulations that establish height restrictions, approach surfaces, and land use limitations around Stratford Municipal Airport to ensure aviation safety and prevent interference with aircraft operations.

Aviation safety requires standardized height restrictions and approach surface protections. Without these regulations, uncontrolled building heights and land use could create hazards for aircraft operations, potentially causing fatal accidents. The economic costs of aviation incidents far exceed the property rights restrictions imposed by these regulations.

Requires the Minister of Natural Resources to prepare an annual report on the state of Canada's forests, including their economic, environmental, and social contributions.

Canadians would be worse off without this centralized, authoritative data source for evidence-based forest policy. The minimal bureaucratic cost is far outweighed by the value of having consistent, comprehensive baseline information for sustainable resource management and economic planning in a critical natural resource sector. Private data collection would be fragmented and lack the nationwide coverage this mandate ensures.

This Order extends preferential customs duty rates to goods imported from Australia and New Zealand, phasing in tariff reductions on numerous products between 1995-1997. It amends Schedules I and II of the Customs Tariff to implement these preferences.

Tariffs raise prices for Canadian consumers, distort competitive markets, and create inefficiencies by protecting select producers. Preferential trade agreements divert commerce from globally efficient suppliers and entangle Canada in managed trade. The unseen costs include reduced consumer welfare, suppressed competition, and stifled innovation.

Remission order for customs duties on artificial turf and rubber sheets imported by BC Pavilion Corporation for B.C. Place stadium replacement/repair between 1993-1997

Temporary duty remission creates market distortion by favoring specific importers, undermining uniform trade policy and equal treatment under law

General Import Permit No. 14 allows Canadian residents to personally import margarine up to 3 kg per shipment (or 12 kg with a medical prescription) and requires a specific customs declaration.

This regulation unnecessarily restricts consumer choice and imposes bureaucratic costs without any legitimate public benefit. It likely serves protectionist interests by limiting competition and keeping prices higher than they would be in a free market.

The Nordion and Theratronics Employees Pension Protection Regulations extends Public Service Superannuation Act coverage to employees who elected before May 1, 1998, following a corporate divestiture. It defines service credit to include post-divestiture employment, excludes spouses/children acquired after divestiture from certain survivor benefits, and nullifies pension options exercised based on erroneous public service advice. It applies retroactively to November 9, 1991.

It is an obsolete, hyper-specific relic imposing administrative complexity, legal ambiguity, and preferential treatment for a vanishing cohort. Keeping it maintains esoteric pension liabilities with no broader public benefit; repeal would simplify the statute book without harming Canadians, as affected individuals could be grandfathered or transitioned.

These regulations prescribe specific agricultural goods (wheat, wheat products, barley, barley products) with corresponding tariff classification numbers that are subject to safeguard surtaxes under section 68 of the Customs Tariff. The regulation enables the imposition of additional duties on these imports from specified countries to protect domestic producers.

Safeguard surtaxes are protectionist measures that raise prices for Canadian consumers and businesses, distort resource allocation, invite retaliatory trade barriers harming other export sectors, and reduce competitive pressure that drives efficiency and innovation. The unseen costs include higher input costs for food processors, reduced purchasing power for households, and misallocation of capital toward protected industries rather than more productive uses. Even if framed as temporary, such interventions create dependency and undermine Canada's trade competitiveness.

Surtax regulations imposing additional duties on specific dairy products (cream, powdered whey, butter and other milk fats/oils) from any country under section 68 of the Customs Tariff.

Protectionist trade barriers that raise food prices, reduce consumer choice, and distort agricultural markets. Benefits domestic dairy producers at the expense of all Canadians while creating inefficiencies and artificial scarcity.

Remission of GST on printed promotional materials for foreign airlines, conditional on reciprocal treatment for Canadian carriers.

Protectionist reciprocity condition distorts trade, creates administrative burden, and acts as a non-tariff barrier. It disadvantages Canadian travelers and airlines when foreign countries don't extend similar privileges, and entangles tax administration with trade policy. A neutral tax system would either exempt all such materials or tax all equally, avoiding discriminatory complexity.